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            | MEPS HC-139 |  
            | PANEL 14 LONGITUDINAL DATA CODEBOOK |  
            | DATE:  October 19, 2017 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | SGMTST5 |  
            | Description: | MOST RECENT SIGMOIDOSCOPY (>39) - R5 |  
            | Format: | 2.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 1590 |  
            | End: | 1591 |  
 
        
          
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            | -8 DK |            367 |      6,212,613 |  
            | -7 REFUSED |             28 |        634,215 |  
            | -1 INAPPLICABLE |          9,297 |    172,086,289 |  
            | 1 WITHIN PAST YEAR |            100 |      2,053,120 |  
            | 2 WITHIN PAST 2 YEARS |             68 |      1,397,023 |  
            | 3 WITHIN PAST 3 YEARS |             64 |      1,188,284 |  
            | 4 WITHIN PAST 5 YEARS |             85 |      1,889,702 |  
            | 5 WITHIN PAST 10 YEARS |            108 |      2,858,558 |  
            | 6 MORE THAN 10 YEARS |            141 |      3,471,564 |  
            | 7 NEVER |          5,963 |    120,350,343 |  
            | TOTAL |         16,221 |    312,141,711 |  
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